Drivers for Lapis ProColorServer 24 PDS/30 for the SE/30

[BacioiuC]

Posting here in case the conquest thread isn't of interest for other people. I have an SE/30 Lapis ProColorServer 24 PDS/30 video card but I can't find the driver for it. I've tried the driver archive on Macintosh Repository without any luck. By browsing through the forums search feature I noticed quite a few people ended up with this card and I'm hoping someone has a driver stashed somewhere.

 

[iantm]

Were you able to find drivers that worked? All I can find are;

• Macintosh Repository
• Macintosh Garden,
• Mac Driver Museum

Also stumbled upon a possible workaround for 7.5, have you tried it, or do you run with an earlier OS?

Community testing has verified that rolling back the Display Manager framework fixes this deadlock. Using ResEdit, you must open the System 7.5 Update file from a stable 7.5.1 installation, copy gpch resource ID #144, and overwrite the same resource inside your 7.5.3/7.5.5 active System Update file, paired with substituting the older 7.5.1 version of the Monitors control panel.

 

[eharmon]

Were you able to find drivers that worked? All I can find are;

• Macintosh Repository
• Macintosh Garden,
• Mac Driver Museum

Also stumbled upon a possible workaround for 7.5, have you tried it, or do you run with an earlier OS?

I see that AI has absorbed my post: https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/lapis-procolorserver-hanging-in-7-5-5.42295/page-2#post-465210

I haven’t used this card in awhile (I have a zzg in my machine right now), but if I remember correctly it’s not accelerated and works fine without a driver.

 

[cheesestraws]

if I remember correctly it’s not accelerated and works fine without a driver.

My memory is saying the same thing. Certainly other cards for other buses called ProColorServer 24 are not accelerated.

 

[iantm]

I haven’t used this card in awhile (I have a zzg in my machine right now), but if I remember correctly it’s not accelerated and works fine without a driver.

If you’re ever looking to sell it please let me know.

 

[iantm]

My memory is saying the same thing. Certainly other cards for other buses called ProColorServer 24 are not accelerated.

Oh good. Then I won’t worry about a driver!

 

[eharmon]

If you’re ever looking to sell it please let me know.

At the moment it’s destined for the SE/30 I’m (slowly) repairing but if I change my mind I’ll let you know.

 

[zigzagjoe]

Yes, the Lapis ProColorServer is an unaccelerated card (all SE/30 cards are - except Interware GrandVimage) and so the extension only facilitates changing resolutions. It will come up with whatever resolution is configured in PRAM regardless of the extension loading or not. I did find the software on mac garden, I don't recall which of the 3 it was but I've attached them here.

I can't recall if the card's built in driver supports key combos to change resolutions, but to sidestep the issues with 7.5 you can make a 7.1 boot floppy with the extention and little else to handle changing resolutions.

 

[eharmon]

If you don't mind, it'd be helpful to dump the ROM too. Lapis cards and bizarre and numerous so folks often need ROM revisions that can't be found (and, theoretically, some support 7.5.2+ but I've not found any).